A fatal fire in Orange County is being investigated as arson. According to deputies, a body was found inside the burning home on Rose Boulevard, near Rio Grande Avenue. Bob Kealing reports.

A fatal fire in Orange County is being investigated as arson. According to deputies, a body was found inside the burning home on Rose Boulevard, near Rio Grande Avenue. Bob Kealing reports.

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Updated: 9:53 PM EST Nov 11, 2015

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WEBVTT BOB KEALING IS THERE LIVE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT. Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, MEREDITH. THEY SAY THEY CAN JUST FIND NO EVIDENCE OF THAT AT ALL. WE CAN TELL YOU FROM A WITNESS HE SAID THAT HE WAS SORT OF DOZING IN FRONT OF THE TELEVISION WHEN HE HEARD THIS LOUD EXPLOSION COMING FROM THIS HOME THAT HE SAYS THEY'VE COME TO KNOW AS A TROUBLE SPOT. DANIEL HERNANDEZ SAYS HE WAS DOSING OFF SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION OUTSIDE. I WAS WATCHING TV AND I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. A REAL LOUD EXPLOSION. AND THE GLASS SHATTERED FROM THE WINDOW. Reporter: HE LEFT HIS OWN HOME, WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW PEOPLE RUNNING TO GET OUT OF THE BURNING HOME TWO DOORS DOWN. BIG FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE APARTMENT. AND THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN THERE TRAPPED IN THERE BECAUSE I HEARD THE GUYS THAT WERE RUNNING OUT OF THE APARTMENT YELLING TO THE PERSON THAT WAS INSIDE TO JUMP OUT. Reporter: ONE PERSON WHOSE IDENTITY WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELEASED DID NOT MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. AN INVESTIGATOR FROM THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TOLD WESH 2 EARLIER TODAY THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS FIRE WAS AN ACCIDENT. IN THE LAST YEAR WESH 2 FOUND A TOTAL OF 39 CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THIS HOME. INCLUDING A ROBBERY IN AUGUST, A DRUG OVERDOSE IN OCTOBER, AND IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK LAST NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THREE FIGHTS HERE. I THINK SOME GUY BEAT UP A GIRL. Reporter: NEIGHBOR PAUL CHOPPA SAYS HE IS SORRY ABOUT THE FATAL FIRE BUT HOPES THIS HOME WILL NO LONGER BE A SOURCE OF CONSTANT CONCERN. I'VE GOT 11-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER I CAN'T -- YOU KNOW I REALLY CAN'T SEND HER OUT FRONT BECAUSE I AM IN FEAR SOMEBODY WILL, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SAY SOMETHING TO HER OR SOMETHING YOU KNOW. THEN I'M NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN. Reporter: WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO GET ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS VICTIM. FOR NOW THE FIRE IS BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS. WE DID TALK WITH THE RED CROSS WHO SAYS THEY'RE SHELTERING ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM THIS HOME. BUT THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE ESTABLISHING THAT OTHERS WHO

Investigators believe fatal fire was arson

A fatal fire in Orange County is being investigated as arson. According to deputies, a body was found inside the burning home on Rose Boulevard, near Rio Grande Avenue. Bob Kealing reports.